Union suit.



WM EM W. S. ELDER.

UNION SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.7,'1912.

1,061,732. Patented May 13, 1913.

INVENTOR' WILLIAM s. ELDER BY HIS ATTORNEY WILLIAM s. ELDER,'orrmLunLr-Hm, PENNSYLVANIA} nssrenon. To JULIUS mass, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

" To all whom it may concern: V

. Be it"known that I, \VILLIAM S.'Eumn, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented BcertainImprovements in Union Suits, of

which the following is a specification.

The object 'of myinvention is to provide a union suit intendedprincipally for women and susceptible of being cut from a tube of toknitted fabric without wast-e. This object I attain in the mannerhereinafter setiforth,

reference being had to the accompanying:

drawing, in which Figure 1 is a view of a union suit made in laccordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is'a view illustrating the. mannerin which a tube of knitted web is cut 'without waste in order to providethetwo .members 'of which I said union suit is composed, and Fi s. 3 andQ 4 are perspective-views'of said mem ers.

' p The garment is composed of two members each consisting of a legportion 1, body por-' tion 2 and shoulder strap 3, the body portionsbeing semi-tubular and. being united ment are 'joined, as shown in Fig.1, the

flaps of one leg will overlap those ofthe other, as there illustrated. I

In order to produce the two members of the garment from a piece oftubular knitted web, without waste, the tube is severed by a single cutcomprising a straight central portion 5, parallel with'the edges of thetube, and oppositely'directed diagonal end portions'ti, one extendinfrom one end of the ;cent-ral cut 5 to one'side of the tube and theother extending from theop osite end of said central cut 5 to theopposite side-of the tube. Incisions 7 are formedjn the opposite foldsof the tube, thes incisions extending lengthwise alon theif 1d from theends of the cuts 6. Eac cut Gtherefore forms the neck openin andshoulder strap 'ofone member oft c garmentand the flaps 4 ot the othermembero't the same, the cut 5-Separat-ing the bodyportions of thegarments,

- desired.

portion of the same.

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. Specification of Letters Patent. I Pat t d 3113, 191 3 a n ticnm dAugust 7, 1e12, SerialNo. 718,762.

which, .during the cutting operation, occupy a reverse relation to oneanother from that which they-occupy when united to form the 1 garment.-When the strips 3 are united at the top to form the shoulder straps ofthe garment. the incisions 7'constitute the arin holes. The ed es of theneck opening and :armholes may e suitably trimmed or said armhcles mayhave sleeves fitted to thcmif The edges of the body portions 2 .of thegarment members may be sewed-together both at front and rear if a closedbodv is desired, or the front edgesmay be provided with button andbutton hole strips if the body is to be open in front. The bottoms ofthe leg portions 1 of thegarment members may be provided withappropriate trimming if a garment having What is'termed p'ett-i-- coator umbrella drawers, is desired, or the leg portions may be longer and apropriatelyshaped if the garment is to beef the long drawers type.

' It will be observed on reference to Fig. 2 that there is nowaste'whatever in cutting 0 the garment members from a tubular. web,every portion of the web being utilized in some portion of the garmentand the cutting of the web being of the simplest possible character, noskilled labor in thecutting department being .re uired, and the minimumamount of time. eing consumed in makin the cut.

lVhile it is preferable to retain the original tubular-form of the webfor the lower 0 portions of the legs, said web may eriginallj be severedatthe fold which constitutes the inner portion of the leg and theseedges. afterwardseu'ed together. l

'Itwill be noted that in the garment which I have shown and describedthe hip portion of each legis of the full width of the original tube offabric. By this means I am enabled to provide the proper extentoffrontand rear overlap'whilestill maintaining iu'thc' 109 garment -thenecessary width for the hip I claim: 1. The mode herein described ofprodn cmg a union suit-from a tube of fabric with- 9 out waste, saidmode consistiugin forming a central longitudinal ci'it-in the tubularwt-h and-diagonal cuts one extending from -one end of said central outto one, side of thetuhe and the other extend ng from the OllKBP- QSId ofsaidcentral cut to the opposite side'of the tube,-whereby, two likemembers are pro-v duced, each comprising a leg portion and a bodyportion, and then reversing said members'end for end and. uniting thebody portions thereof at front and rear, the hip por-' tion of each legbeing of the fulliwidth of both at front and rear while still preserv ngnecessary width of the garment'at'the and diagonal cuts one extendingfrom one of said centralcut to the opposite. side of the tube, wherebytwo like members are proips. i 1 2. The mode herein described of roduc--ing a unionsuit from a tube of fabric without waste, said modeconsisting in forming a central longitudinal cut in the tubular web;

duced, each comprising a legportion with front and -rear'.flaps, and abody portion with cut-out neck and shoulder straps, the

flaps-being produced fromthe cut-out neck end. for end, uniting the bodyportions there-' of atfront andrear and closing the shoulder 25 portion,andthen reversing said members straps, wherebya garment is produced hawing the hip portion ofeach-leg of the full width of the original tube offabric so as, to

providethe necessary material for the. over lapping front and rearflaps'without reducing the necessary width of the garinent at the hips.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, thepresence of two subscribing 'witnesses." e

- WILLIAM S. ELDER.

Witnessesi KATE A. BEADLE, HAMILTON D. TURNER.

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